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51 Articles found on Friday, 23 May 2008
From the Sidelines: Who pays the assistants?
23-05-2008
This is a pertinent question because at present the set-up is such that the Brave Warriors assistant coaches are attached to premier league clubs because the NFA doesn't have the money to pay
readDefending the National University
23-05-2008
I AM writing this pre-emptive column, not only in anticipation of what may follow last week's column, but also to expand my stance on the said issues about our national university.My column, by and
readNumeracy And Literacy In Namibia
23-05-2008
After discussions with various employers in the public and private sectors it is clear that employers are looking for two key competencies in school leavers - literacy skills and numeracy skills. The
readPolitical Perspective
23-05-2008
IT IS absolutely disgraceful to learn that several senior civil servants and politicians owe the Municipality of Windhoek hundreds of thousands in unpaid electricity and water bills.This was revealed
readChance Of Relief For Those Who Need It
23-05-2008
IT IS heartening to hear President Hifikepunye Pohamba assure the nation that Government will soon announce measures to reduce the impact of high food and fuel prices as well as electricity shortages
readMinistry of Education responds
23-05-2008
THE Ministry of Education has taken time out to respond to a number of the complaints about the Education Sector, which have been SMSed to The Namibian: Will the teachers at Eloolo Combined School
readSMS Of The Day : Friday
23-05-2008
* AS a Namibian who considers himself as an ambassador of goodwill at all times, l am calling all peace-loving world citizens to join me in raising my cry to condemn the barbaric actions of xenophobia
readReaction To 'Rubbishing' Of University of Namibia
23-05-2008
IT has become a custom for Namibians to rubbish the University of Namibia and to tell everyone who wants to listen how low the Unam standards are and how substandard the academics of that lower than
readNamibian Society Is Sick
23-05-2008
I AM completely saddened by the murder of the Russian couple, who were hacked to death allegedly between the 10th and 11th May 2008.What had they done to their murderers, to die such a horrible death?
readBearing The Brunt Of Failed Leadership
23-05-2008
I HAVE learned one thing clearly. Africa abounds with leaders who ascend to the throne with pomp and a determination to reverse the dark past.They shine for a few years but as they begin to overstay
readWot, No Lines!
23-05-2008
WYSIWYG: What You See Is What You Get; once hailed as a computer breakthrough! But in real life is it so? The evidence is confusing; while the lines in the picture are obvious, the signboard says
readBrown wraps G8 nations over 'protectionism'
23-05-2008
LONDON - Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Wednesday urged Britain's G8 partners to help find an 11th-hour breakthrough on a long-awaited world trade deal, lamenting what he called US and European
readChina keeps fuel price controls
23-05-2008
BEIJING - China's government denied rumours yesterday it will ease price controls on petrol and diesel that oil companies say are causing them huge losses and prompting fuel shortages."The recent
readSARB Governor says action on inflation needed
23-05-2008
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's central bank Governor Tito Mboweni warned on yesterday that the monetary policy committee might need to take more action to tame inflation, after resuming increasing
readOil tops $130 as banks lift price forecasts
23-05-2008
NEW YORK - Crude oil on Wednesday rose to a record above US$132 (N$1 003) a barrel as US stockpiles unexpectedly dropped and banks raised price forecasts in the past week on expectations supply
readZambia still on course for mine tax target
23-05-2008
LUSAKA - Zambia is on course to collect a projected US$415 million from new mining taxes in 2008 following compliance by mining companies, a senior tax official said yesterday, contradicting a top
readSADC fishing communities to add weight to curb fish plunder
23-05-2008
LOCAL fishermen of southern Africa's coastal states have urged their governments to take immediate and unrestricted action to turn around what they call "the current, disastrous management of
readLegal war looms
23-05-2008
Legal Shield and Law Society at loggerheads * OPEN warfare is about to break out between short-term legal insurer Legal Shield and the heavyweights of the local legal fraternity after Legal Shield
read20 years for child rapist
23-05-2008
ALBERTO Hendricks, the 31-year-old man convicted earlier this week of raping a 14-year-old girl at a wedding party last year, deserves very little mercy and should face the full wrath of the Namibian
readACC want facts on top brass debt
23-05-2008
THE Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) is "taking a very keen interest" in allegations that nine top officials of the ruling Swapo party, among them Trade and Industry Minister Hage Geingob and the
readGovt will act on price crisis: Pohamba
23-05-2008
GOVERNMENT will soon announce measures to buffer the impact of high food and fuel prices and electricity shortages on citizens, President Hifikepunye Pohamba vowed yesterday.At the closing of the
readArandis residents accuse town council of corruption
23-05-2008
RESIDENTS at Arandis have petitioned the Police to shed light on investigations into allegations of theft by members of the Arandis Town Council.The chairman of the Committee of Concerned Residents
readSoldiers not cared for: Councillors
23-05-2008
SOME soldiers have been in the NDF for 18 years without getting promoted, a Swapo MP in the National Council alleged this week.Aram Martin, a regional councillor from the Oshana Region, said this
readNational Council feels neglected
23-05-2008
MEMBERS of the National Council want the Ministry of Finance to treat the House of Review and the National Assembly equally when it comes to allocation of funds.During debate on the money allocated to
readChild power lights up kindergarten
23-05-2008
THE Oprah Orphanage Home and Kindergarten in Katutura's Ongulumbashe informal settlement made history this week when it became the first place in Namibia generating electricity from the energy
readEnviro group protests City decision to develop Avis
23-05-2008
AN environmental group is up in arms about a Windhoek City Council decision to allow part of the Avis Dam recreation area to be developed for a hotel and restaurant, despite an alternative spot being
readShow off your Ramatex cat
23-05-2008
THIS year's cat show of the Cat Protection Society (CPS) in Windhoek will include a category for former Ramatex cats rescued by the CPS.The annual cat show, to raise funds for the CPS, will take place
readDeadly train accident caused by oversight
23-05-2008
BRAKE failure, because the vacuum pipe between the locomotive and the first wagon was not connected, led to the TransNamib train crash in which the driver died in August last year.The chairperson of
readPolitical intimidation continues in north
23-05-2008
INSULTS, assaults and intimidation are becoming the order of the day at Omuthiya in the Oshikoto Region, says the RDP co-ordinator in the district.Moses Amukoto told The Namibian that he was one of
readOrganiser defends Spitzkoppe rock concert
23-05-2008
THE organiser of the Spitzkoppe rock concert, Mihail Mihaylov, says the aim of the event is to draw attention to the need of protecting the environment - in this case, to protect the Spitzkoppe area
readWater supply in the North returns to normal
23-05-2008
THE water supply in the North will be normal from today after repairs to the Ogongo-Oshakati canal, which was damaged and filled with sand during the floods earlier this year.The repairs necessitated
readParty employee in hot water over accident claim
23-05-2008
AN employee of the Karas Swapo Party Office at Keetmanshoop allegedly submitted a fraudulent claim to the Motor Vehicle Accident (MVA) Fund.Elias Stephanus allegedly inflated the injuries he
read55 years for teacher's murder
23-05-2008
A WEEK after being found guilty of murdering a teacher near Oshakati last year and using her hijacked bakkie as a taxi until his arrest three days later, 26-year-old Bonifatius Konstantinus was
readTransNamib 'happy' with Chinese trains
23-05-2008
TRANSNAMIB Holdings Chief Executive Officer Titus Haimbili is satisfied with the Chinese trains the company bought before he took charge in January this year.The transport parastatal bought 17 red
readAakwana yomOvenduka ya kwatwa po pamwe nomukadhona gwawo
23-05-2008
O POLISI mOshitopolwa sha Hangwena oya tseyitha kutya oya kwata po aamatyona yaali yaakwana yokOvenduka shi na sha neyugo lyomuntu iimaliwa ye yOondola dha Amerika dhi li U$135 000 (N$1 026 000
readOshituthihango sha hulila monkonga
23-05-2008
S HOKA sha tameke ongohango pOutjo lwopehulilo lya Maalitsa 2005, osha hulile metamaneko lyoshipotha shonkonga mOmpangu yoPombanda oshiwike shika.Ngashiingeyi Alberto Hendricks gwoomvula 31 oku na
readShigwana sha Mbalantu, tu kaleni nombili: Chief Mukulu ta indile
23-05-2008
P ETHIMBO ta popitha aalilasa mOshituthifumviko sha tatekulu Christof Aitula Mulamba Aipanda mOngeleka ya Nakayale mOmbalantu ongula yEtitatu lyoshiwike shika, Elenga enene lya Mbalantu tatekulu Oswin
readEpangelo nali kwathele oohepele nolusheno lwetango
23-05-2008
S TEPHANUS !Gobs, oshilyo shoUDF mOparliamende - oshiwike shika okwa ningi eindilo kEpangelo li kwathele oohepele dhokomikunda dhi vule okwiimonena olusheno lwoonte dhetango.!Gobs okwa ti omolu eyo
readMoses Amukoto a ningilwa omatilitho kAawaswapo pOmuthiya
23-05-2008
O NKUNDANA ye tu zilila kOmuthiya moshitopolwa sha Shikoto, otayi ti kutya Omuunganeki gwo RDP mOmuthiya moka tate Moses Amukoto, a tseyika wo nedhina Kamoo, mOlyomakaya ga zi ko okwa ningilwa
readOlaata yOpashigwana ya zimina oshimaliwa shomumvo 2008/2009
23-05-2008
OLAATA yOpashigwana (Egumbo etiyali lyOparliamende ya Namibia) mEtitatu lyoshiwike shika olya zimine Embo lyoshimaliwa shomulekeneno gwEpangelo gwomumvo 2008/2009.Omasiku ga zi ko, egumbo ndika olya
readKandetu pokati kolumpangwa nomwele
23-05-2008
O MUKULUNTUWILIKI gwehangano etumimawimombepo mu Namibia nenge tutye NBC, Bob Kandetu, oku li koongenge notashi vulika a gweko konima sho a ningi oshigongi niikundaneki, shoka shi li ompinge nehalo
readSuper 14 semis on the cards
23-05-2008
WELLINGTON - Injuries, coaching concerns and travel fatigue loom as significant factors in the Super 14 rugby semi-finals when the Crusaders, Waratahs, Sharks and Hurricanes front up
readShock favourite Ivanovic toughens up
23-05-2008
BERLIN - Ana Ivanovic has not enjoyed the most memorable of clay court seasons but if the 20-year-old Serb does not go one better than last year and win the French Open, it will not be through lack of
readHitman to start training for world title bout against Japan´s Kabori
23-05-2008
WINDHOEK - Namibia's pugilist Paulus 'The Hitman' Moses will kick off in earnest with preparations in two weeks' time for the envisaged World Boxing Association (WBA) lightweight title fight against
readNFA gets new technical director
23-05-2008
THE Namibia Football Association (NFA) announced the appointment of a new Technical Director this week.Klaus Staerk from Germany will be the new TD from the beginning of August. Staerk replaces Jochem
readJoy for United, Terry in tears
23-05-2008
LONDON - Manchester United fans yesterday prepared to welcome home their heroes after a dramatic Champions League victory in Moscow, as bitterly disappointed Chelsea fans began arriving back in
readChina needs help
23-05-2008
BEIJING - China said the toll of dead and missing from last week's powerful earthquake jumped to more than 80 000, while the government appealed yesterday for millions of tents to shelter homeless
readTsvangirai heads home despite threats
23-05-2008
JOHANNESBURG - Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai announced yesterday he would return home this weekend to begin election campaigning despite fears of an assassination plot.Speaking during a
readUN chief sees devastation in Myanmar
23-05-2008
YANGON - UN chief Ban Ki-moon saw flooded rice fields and destroyed homes during his mission yesterday to get large-scale foreign aid to 2,4 million people left destitute by Cyclone Nargis.On a
read46 Nigerian soldiers die in road accident
23-05-2008
ABUJA - Forty-six Nigerian soldiers who just returned from a peacekeeping mission in Darfur have been killed in a road accident in the north of Nigeria, the chief of defence staff said yesterday.US
readImmigrants flee SA over attacks
23-05-2008
JOHANNESBURG - More than 10 000 Mozambicans have fled home from South Africa to escape xenophobic attacks that have killed at least 42 people, officials in the neighbouring country said on
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